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These practices wouldn't have been observed by Christians, except perhaps by early Jewish converts.
by nsxwolf 13y ago
These practices wouldn't have been observed by Christians, except perhaps by early Jewish converts.
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- acqq 13y agoWouldn't because they are in Old Testament? Like the famous http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-22-18/ http://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Exodus-22-18/ which was also "not" observed by Christians: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Modern_period http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_trials_in_the_Early_Moder...
- nsxwolf 13y agoYeah well, welcome to the early modern period. The Catholic Church from the beginning had outlawed the persecution of witches and condemned belief in their power as superstition. But people will still do crazy shit.
- Crake 13y agoYup. That's why old testament practices like male genital mutilation are no longer practiced by Christians today.